COOKING TRI-TIP AT HOME
Tri-Tip is sometimes an underrated cut of meat. Its marbled fat helps to create a flavour profile that is intense and unique, and here at Fazenda we love it. Our Exec. Chef Fran Martinez shares one of his favourite Tri-Tip recipes with us at the bottom of this page.
Tri-Tip & Cheese Sauce
Category
Meat / Main
Servings
4
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
40 minutes
Today we are doing a very simple recipe, which is great for the cold winter days. This time, we’re using rump tail; an affordable cut that can produce great results if it’s treated the right way. Tri-tip is the American name for this muscular cut, which is part of the rump itself. Usually speaking, they weigh between 1kg and 1.4kg. This recipe is one of my favourites, and here’s how you can make it too.
Author:Francisco Martinez
Ingredients
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1 whole Tri-tip (approx 1.2Kg)
6 garlic cloves
1 rosemary stalk
3 tbsp rock salt
200ml double cream
1 tbsp black pepper
100g salted butter
100g cheese powder
100g cheddar cheese
100g Red Leicester cheese
For the Meat
For the Cheese Sauce
Directions
Take the meat out of the fridge about 1 hour prior to cooking. The meat will cook much more evenly from room temperature. Pre-heat the oven to 220°C degrees.
Using a small knife, make some punctures in the meat to insert the garlic cloves and fresh rosemary inside the meat.
As always when cooking meat, I recommend the use of a meat probe thermometer. Using one of these, we will be looking for a core temperature of 54°C degrees for a medium rare cut, while we have a crackling fat on the top. Once the oven has heated up, the meat will take about 25 minutes to cook.
While we’re cooking our meat in the oven, we can prepare our cheese sauce. For this we just need a small casserole dish, to put in the middle of the table later, like a fondue.
On a low flame, add all the ingredients into the casserole dish and slowly stir continuously to avoid the sauce catching on the bottom of the pan. This will take about 10 minutes to cook.
Once the meat is cooked to your liking, take it out and leave it to rest for about 10 minutes covered with foil. After that, the meat can be sliced and served to your guests.
Recipe Note
Enjoying your Tri-tip Fondue
My favourite way to eat this feast is with everyone around the table sharing, with everyone dipping the meat straight into the cheese fondue, but this is your choice of course! Any other beef, pork or chicken will perfectly match with this versatile sauce too.